LEAP Lab: Microbial Buddies

By MIT Open Space Programming

Microbes live everywhere! From inside your gut to the middle of the ocean. Join us for a fun hands-on activity with colorful sand, scientific tools, and more!

Photo of 3 MIT scientists posing with scientific tools

.: Sat, July 8 2023 11am – 12pm.

Ages: 4 to 7.

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MIT Open Space Programming
openspace@mit.edu

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Free!

Location

  • In-person only.

Kendall/MIT Open Space

292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States

Additional information

Microbes live everywhere! From inside your gut to the middle of the ocean In order to survive, microbes interact to create a stable community that can survive in a sealed bottle for years!

In this hands-on activity, participants will use craft materials to build their own model of a stable ecosystem in a bottle. At the end of the activity, get an up-close look at a sample microbiome using mud from Little Sippewissett Marsh in Falmouth, MA.

 

This program is designed with ages 4-7 in mind, but all young scientists are welcome to attend.